Jarhead [videorecording]
2006
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Sam Mendes directs this adaptation of former Marine Anthony Swofford's Gulf War memoir. Young recruit Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) joins up with the US Marines (nicknamed 'Jarheads' because of their distinctive haircuts) on the eve of the 1990 Gulf War. After a brutal spell in boot camp, during which Swofford and his fellow recruits are systematically geared up for the conflict, the Marines are dispatched to the deserts of the Persian Gulf to take part in a war that sees them required to do very little in the way of fighting. Bored and frustrated in the middle of nowhere, the young soldiers resort to a macabre sense of humour as they wait for the war to happen to them.
Main title:
Jarhead [videorecording] / producer, Lucy Fisher; producer, Douglas Wick.
Author:
Mendes, Sam, directorNewman, Thomas, 1955-, musicGyllenhaal, Jake, 1980-, actorMacDonald, Scott, actorMing, Lo, actorSwofford, Anthony, book author
Imprint:
Universal Pictures, 2006.
Collation:
1 videodisc (123 min.) : col.
Notes:
Rental.Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (Arabic, English, Icelandic), Bonus footage, Commentary (Sam Mendes (director), William Broyles (screenwriter), Anthony Swofford (author)), Other documentaries ('Swoff's Fantasies', 'New Interviews').Made in 2005.Based on the memoir by Anthony Swofford.Credits: director, Sam Mendes; writer, William Broyles; music, Thomas Newman; cinematographer, Roger Deakins.DVDN.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Scott MacDonald, Lo Ming, Kevin Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Damion Poitier, Riad Galayini, Craig Coyne, Katherine Randolph, Rini Bell.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
845274
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